Fishing The Ure At Masham
2019-12-14 Masham Night 03
This session is another next night shoot around Masham. Showing the scenes and views getting to the sports ground. The pavilion would prove to be a central point in my night walks or when walking Sue`s dog Theo, Who is a local character and a lovable rascal of repute. However I had the upper hand as, when he started to get conditioned for walking at night (it was a new experience going on six to eight mile walks at night). For the first few months he would stick close by while I changed routes and distances to keep him off balance, not knowing where we were going, as this would keep him close as well. Then gradually his behaviour became the same for either day or night walks. It was during this time he was trained to follow the path if re-leaded and held on a tight leash. I do this with all the dogs I walk, as most times I have no torch with me at night to see with, and rely on the dog to get me through the woods or trail home safety, when it is pitch black. It also lets you know how intelligent the/your dog is and why that is important. The image with the car in it, is one of the tributaries in the colour of leaves pondering.
About Masham
Masham – originally Maessa’s Ham – probably owed its foundation to the gentle, flood-proof rise on which it stands, near an easily fordable part of the River Ure, together with its proximity to the course of a Roman road and its position on the main route from Wensleydale to York.
The present square with its beautiful Georgian houses was created in the 18th century. The huge market place would originally have been surrounded by thatched cottages and was the site for annual Sheep Fairs with over 80,000 heads of sheep being sold some years, including animals from the flocks of nearby Fountains and Jervaulx Abbeys.








